Job 5:13
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Cross-references
Job 18:7 declares the wicked are tripped by their own schemes — a near-verbatim parallel to Job 5:13.
Esther 9:25 states that Haman's evil plan returned on his own head, explicitly echoing the principle of Job 5:13.
In Psalm 35:8, the same principle: the wicked are caught in their own net — echoing God turning craftiness back on the crafty.
Psalm 9:16 declares the wicked snared in their own handiwork, reinforcing the same truth about divine justice.
Psalm 9:15 describes nations sinking in pits they made, caught in their own net — identical theme of self-entrapment.
Psalm 7:16 says mischief returns on the wicked's own head, directly mirroring the sweeping away of schemes.
Psalm 7:15 uses the image of a pit-maker falling into his own hole, a poetic parallel to catching the wise in their craftiness.
Esther 7:10 shows Haman hanged on the gallows he built for Mordecai, a direct fulfillment of being caught in his own trap.
Esther 6:4-11 describes Haman's plot against Mordecai backfiring as the king honors Mordecai, catching Haman in his own craftiness.
1 Corinthians 1:19 quotes a similar principle: God destroys the wisdom of the wise — directly parallel to Job 5:13's theme of frustrating craftiness.
2 Samuel 17:23 recounts Ahithophel's suicide after his counsel was rejected, illustrating the sweeping away of the wily's schemes.
In 2 Samuel 15:31, David prays for God to turn Ahithophel's counsel into foolishness, directly invoking the principle of catching the wise in their craftiness.
1 Corinthians 1:20 continues the argument: God has made foolish the world's wisdom — echoing Job 5:13's capture of the wise in their craftiness.
Psalm 33:10 parallels this: 'The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing' — God actively frustrates human schemes.
In John 8:9, the accusers of the adulteress are exposed by their own consciences and leave — a vivid instance of the wise being caught in their craftiness.
In Jeremiah 19:7, God similarly declares He will make void the plans of Judah, directly echoing the principle of frustrating human schemes.
Isaiah 29:14 declares the wisdom of the wise shall perish — a direct fulfillment of the pattern described in Job 5:13.
1 Corinthians 3:19 directly quotes this verse to argue that worldly wisdom is foolishness — a clear citation.
Proverbs 22:12 similarly says God overthrows the treacherous's words — divine protection of truth against crafty speech.
Genesis 11:7 shows God confusing the language of the proud builders — a direct example of God frustrating human craftiness as in Job 5:13.
Nehemiah 4:15 explicitly says God frustrated their plan — a direct statement of Job 5:13's truth.
1 Kings 14:6 reveals the prophet exposing Jeroboam's wife's disguise — her crafty deception is caught, directly paralleling Job 5:13.
Isaiah 19:3 describes God confounding Egypt's counsel — a specific example of the general principle in Job 5:13.
Isaiah 19:11 shows the wisest counselors giving stupid counsel — another illustration of God catching the wise in their folly.
In Mark 12:17, Jesus outwits the Pharisees' trap, illustrating how their cunning fails — a practical parallel to God catching the wise.
Luke 20:26 describes religious leaders unable to trap Jesus, their plans foiled — a clear example of the wise caught in their own cunning.
Joshua 8:17 describes the Canaanites' pursuit into an ambush — their own eagerness leads to defeat, like being caught in craftiness.
Exodus 1:10 shows Pharaoh's shrewd plan to oppress Israel — a scheme God later frustrates, illustrating Job 5:13's principle.
Isaiah 31:2 affirms God's wisdom over against evildoers — His superior wisdom frustrates their plans.
Jeremiah 8:8 exposes false claims to wisdom — a parallel warning that human wisdom without God is deceptive.
Psalm 18:26 says God shows himself shrewd to the devious — similar to Job 5:13 where God catches the wise in their craftiness. Both highlight God's matching response.
Luke 1:51 speaks of God scattering the proud — parallel to frustrating the cunning. Both show God opposing human arrogance.